mucilage in English

noun
1
a viscous secretion or bodily fluid.
It has also been suggested that it reduces soil mechanical impedance by means of its secretion of slimy mucilage and by the sloughing of border cells.
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1. Gemete Antherozoids Mucilage 8 Female gametes in gametangium SEGG A B Figure 1

2. The mucilage-producing placentary papillae are analyzed in different developmental stages by electron microscopy.

3. In addition to a high degree of mucilage and cellulose, Bladderwrack is a rich …

4. “Adhesive” as a general term includes cement, mucilage, glue, and paste—terms that are often used interchangeably for any organic material that forms an

5. Bunched cory cactus is a succulent perennial usually with solitary, unbranched stems, 3 to 9 cm tall, and usually 3 to 7 cm wide without mucilage in the stem interior

6. 28 The removal of mucilage from root apices resulted in both a decrease of root elongation and heavy staining of root apices in Al-tolerant genotype (MD and Al-sensitive genotype (MD.

7. It is identified by its bright green leaves, small purple flowers that bloom from June through September, and a thick mucilage that covers all of the underwater organs, including the underside of the leaves, stems, and developing buds.

8. Two types of axillary organs are recognized in the leafy Bryophyta: first, an « homoaxitlary » type where the Acroscopic part of a segment gives rise both to the organ and the axillant leaf (mucilage-hairs of Mosses, terminal branching and antheridia of the Jungermanniales), and, secondly, an « heteroaxillary » type where the organ originates in the basiscopic basilar part of a segment (n